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A few sentences

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vikestart1587
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A few sentences

Postby vikestart1587 » March 13th, 2011 3:29 pm

Hey, I've been studying Japanese for a few months now. Now I'm trying to make solid sentences.

Are the sentences below grammatically correct? :)


I am going to school.
"Watashi wa gakkou ni itta."

Are you waiting to watch TV?
"Anata wa terebi o miru matte imasu ka."

FatherTime
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Postby FatherTime » March 23rd, 2011 2:00 pm

The first one is in the past tense - I believe it should be gakkou ni itte imasu (or itte iru). I think the second one is ok!

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Postby Javizy » March 23rd, 2011 3:01 pm

Matsu is transitive, so you need to use 'o', but since the object is a verb phrase ending in 'miru', you need to normalise it (turn it into a noun) with 'no'. For basic grammar, it's a fairly advanced point, so I'd wait until you reach that lesson in your textbook or JPod or whatever you're following.

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Postby j_bertoni2279 » March 25th, 2011 4:37 am

I think "gakkou ni itte iru" is more like, "I'm at school". "gakkou in iku" probably is fine, depending on the context.

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